Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford

Justin Ashford

Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford grew up in Nogales on the Arizona-Mexico border. Born into a pioneering Jewish family with roots in Eastern Europe, Roni embraced the languages, cultures and people on both sides of the border. Now a retired bilingual educator, her first book, "My Nana's Remedies / Los Remedios de mi Nana," is a classic, a parent's and teacher's friend for teaching children traditional values, as are her two other bilingual books: "My Tata's Remedies/Los remedios de mi Tata" and "Hip, Hip, Hooray, It's Monsoon Day!/¡Ajúa, ya llegó el chubasco!"

Her newest book is "Miguel and the Amazing Alebrijes" written in collaboration with her son, Aarón Rivera-Ashford, for Disney as a companion book for the Disney/Pixar movie, Coco.

Despite his family's baffling ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician and soon finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead. This full-color storybook with a shiny cover includes game cards and more than 50 stickers. Full color. Consumable.More/less